Meet the author:
Phaedra Johnson
Pre-Med
Phaedra Johnson is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Loyola Marymount University in 2020. Since graduating, she has worked at an internal medicine private practice and volunteers in her community. She applied to medical school in 2021 and plans to start her journey of becoming a multilingual and culturally humble physician in the fall of 2022. Phaedra is fluent in Spanish and is currently taking courses in American Sign Language. She is passionate about reducing health disparities, diversifying the medical profession, and increasing access to language-concordant care for patients. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, baking new recipes, and kickboxing in her free time. (Headshot credit: Jon Rou/Loyola Marymount University.)